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Power outage turns South Florida dark
Miami Herald ^ | February 26, 2008

Posted on 02/26/2008 10:37:27 AM PST by Fawn

Florida Power & Light is reporting massive power outages throughout South Florida, including Miami, Doral, Westchester, and Pembroke Pines. Reports of outages extended into Palm Beach, an FPL spokeswoman said.

The company said it was investigating the problem.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: energy; miami; outage; southflorida; wtc93anniversary
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To: mewzilla

A couple of days after Charley, when we were still in camping mode with no power or water, I walked down towards my boat and noticed out of the corner of my eye this enormous object on my dock. It was kind of green and white with some black stripes. It was curled up a bit with its tail over the edge of the dock and its head up on my sea wall. My dock is eight feet wide. My brain refused to register it...
http://www.aazoopark.gov.in/images%5Czoo%5Ciguana.jpg
... scared the crapola out of me. Somebody must have had a huge cage or entire room or lanai dedicated to it. We have tons of one foot/greyish ones on Gasparila Island. But this was a real specimen.


341 posted on 02/26/2008 2:17:16 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: mewzilla

Yes you can always rely on SeeBS Smooze....I see it was not caused by Natalie Holloway.


342 posted on 02/26/2008 2:19:28 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: mewzilla

“Scram” is the term used to describe the ‘safe’ shutdown of the Reactor as the control rods are plunged into the reactor core....the rest of the plant then must shut down on its own good time...the turbine generator will spin ‘til the steam generators no longer produce steam....etc, etc. It’s not instantaneous, tho’ it can be if the relief valves are used instead, which will wake up anyone within 5-10 miles of the plant.


343 posted on 02/26/2008 2:25:22 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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Turkey Point


344 posted on 02/26/2008 2:28:14 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: mewzilla

that explains it....they’re celebrating black history month...FPL has a long history of long blackouts.


345 posted on 02/26/2008 2:31:47 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: SE Mom

Crist is a pragmatist....he understands that since you can’t hear him on the radio or see him on TV, he doesn’t need to say anything....He plans to investigate this internet thingy real soon.


346 posted on 02/26/2008 2:34:52 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: STARWISE
My boat is in a Marina within spitting distance of this place.

Too bad there isn't a leak, I could get FPL to take it off my hands.

347 posted on 02/26/2008 2:35:08 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: StAnDeliver

Yep


348 posted on 02/26/2008 2:37:34 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000

LOL .. yeah, but would you
want to go near ever again?
Are you at Bayfront?


349 posted on 02/26/2008 2:38:23 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: bonfire
I heard that this morning on the radio and thought to myself, "50 miles off of Lauderdale is Bimini".

Dim bulbs.

350 posted on 02/26/2008 2:41:03 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: STARWISE

Yep.


351 posted on 02/26/2008 2:43:52 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: dragnet2

CNN is now reporting that eight power plants were shut down.

It’s not just the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, the most populous part of the state, that was affected.

The power also went out in Volusia County, around Daytona Beach, site of the famous racetrack, and in Brevard county, where NASA launches space shuttles from its Kennedy Space Center.


352 posted on 02/26/2008 2:44:01 PM PST by DvdMom ( Drew Peterson Belongs In Jail Along With Nifong)
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To: SE Mom
Black smoke at a nuke plant site can’t be a good sign. Nope, white smoke is the good sign.... oh, never mind, that's the Vatican. My bad.
353 posted on 02/26/2008 2:44:32 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: Rome2000

Haven’t seen it since before
Andrew and then left the
area. Have they made it
really nice? It’s a lovely
spot.


354 posted on 02/26/2008 2:49:15 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: SE Mom
Turkey Point has been the main contributing force to the reclassification of the American Crocodile from endangered to threatened.[2]

I quit reading right there....recommend your Freep source is much more intelligent than Wikiville. As far as I know, no crocodiles have either become un endangered OR endangered by cohabitating with a Nuclear power plant....just say'n. Remember, Ralph Nader can write Wiki.

355 posted on 02/26/2008 2:51:46 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: CRBDeuce

or car engine?


356 posted on 02/26/2008 2:56:27 PM PST by RDTF (Go AEGIS!)
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To: NautiNurse

you’re 2 for 2.....McCain better hope he doesn’t have to take Crist on as VP!!!!!!!!!


357 posted on 02/26/2008 2:57:39 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: STARWISE
They are renovating the docks, new electric, water etc.

The beach is nice, the guy that sell gas at the marina shot himself in the parking lot a year ago.

Other than that its pretty much the same, really pretty, lots and lots of mangroves and raccoons and of course, mosquitoes are already starting up again.

358 posted on 02/26/2008 3:07:15 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Fawn

I can see now


359 posted on 02/26/2008 3:13:46 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (Decoder rings for sale: Freep mail me)
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To: Rome2000

Where at’s Rome? Ky here. Timing is eerily similar.


360 posted on 02/26/2008 3:21:01 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Iron My Shirt!)
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